Comments on: Mist-Cooled Bike Paths Being Built in Qatar http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/mist-cooled-bike-paths-being-built-in-qatar/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:07:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: LR http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/mist-cooled-bike-paths-being-built-in-qatar/comment-page-1/#comment-3461 LR Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:21:08 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/mist-cooled-bike-paths-being-built-in-qatar/#comment-3461 I live in Qatar and while, yes, there is gobs of money here the weather is one of the best kept secrets of the Middle East. Unlike what is written above, Qatar is hotter than a blast furnace only for a part of the year not much of the year. That would be May-Sept.. The rest of the time there are absolutely beautiful temperatures hovering in the 20's by day and dropping to the teens in the evenings. As for the the misted bike path? Well, there are a lot of dreams in this part of the world! I live in Qatar and while, yes, there is gobs of money here the weather is one of the best kept secrets of the Middle East. Unlike what is written above, Qatar is hotter than a blast furnace only for a part of the year not much of the year. That would be May-Sept.. The rest of the time there are absolutely beautiful temperatures hovering in the 20's by day and dropping to the teens in the evenings. As for the the misted bike path? Well, there are a lot of dreams in this part of the world!

]]> By: Chris http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/mist-cooled-bike-paths-being-built-in-qatar/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Chris Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:22:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/mist-cooled-bike-paths-being-built-in-qatar/#comment-1139 This is great news for Qatar. It reminds me of my project: velo-city a proposed bicycle highway for Toronto. (Un)fortunately Toronto has an overly cumbersome democratic process and no panniers of money. So we are still waiting for some action - maybe the World's Expo bid for 2015? This is great news for Qatar. It reminds me of my project: velo-city a proposed bicycle highway for Toronto. (Un)fortunately Toronto has an overly cumbersome democratic process and no panniers of money. So we are still waiting for some action - maybe the World's Expo bid for 2015?

]]> By: Will http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/mist-cooled-bike-paths-being-built-in-qatar/comment-page-1/#comment-1132 Will Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:49:13 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/mist-cooled-bike-paths-being-built-in-qatar/#comment-1132 What we need is a big source of money, but who has any money in NYC?! Wait, maybe if we stopped giving huge tax breaks to all the new condo buyers... oh why do I bother? What we need is a big source of money, but who has any money in NYC?!

Wait, maybe if we stopped giving huge tax breaks to all the new condo buyers... oh why do I bother?

]]> By: anon http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/mist-cooled-bike-paths-being-built-in-qatar/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 anon Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:28:46 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/mist-cooled-bike-paths-being-built-in-qatar/#comment-1096 "It almost makes you think that if we want to start getting things done in this town, we need to replace New York City's inefficient plutocracy with a straight-up monarchy. King Weiner anyone?" -- Nicely said. "It almost makes you think that if we want to start getting things done in this town, we need to replace New York City's inefficient plutocracy with a straight-up monarchy. King Weiner anyone?" -- Nicely said.

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